Hamilton - An American Biography

The award-winning, smash Broadway hit Hamilton: An American Musical continues to captivate sold-out audiences and has sparked unprecedented interest in its historical protagonist, Alexander Hamilton. In Hamilton: An American Biography, Tony Williams provides readers with a concise biography that traces the events and values that enabled Hamilton to rise from his youth as a dispossessed orphan to Revolutionary War hero and Founding Father. For readers just discovering Hamilton for the first time or those with an insatiable appetite for books on the Founders and the American Founding, Hamilton: An American Biography will shed new light on this American icon now experiencing a remarkable second act.

Sommario

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Rise from Obscurity
Chapter 2: The Education of a Patriot
Chapter 3: The Crossing
Chapter 4: Washington's Aide
Chapter 5: Reflections and Frustrations
Chapter 6: Betrayal and Heroism
Chapter 7: Alexander Hamilton & the Newburgh Conspiracy
Chapter 8: Hamilton & the Principle of Justice in the 1780s
Chapter 9: Hamilton & and National Union in the 1780s
Chapter 10: The Constitutional Convention
Chapter 11: Leading the Charge for Ratification
Chapter 12: Secretary of the Treasury
Chapter 13: Establishing the Public Credit
Chapter 14: The National Bank
Chapter 15: America Divided
Chapter 16: The Genet Affair
Chapter 17: Suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion
Chapter 18: Retirements
Chapter 19: Quasi-War with France (and the Democratic-Republicans)
Chapter 20: The Election of 1800 and the Retreat from Politics
Chapter 21: The Duel

Epilogue
Chronology
Bibliographic Essay

Info autore

Tony Williams is a professor of cinema studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tony Williams
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2018
• EAN: 9781538100172
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0017-2
• Pagine: 208
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era)